Toy.



F. H. GALLAHAN.

TOY. APPLICATION FILED 1111i, 21, 1910.

960,075. Patnted May 31,1910. I

UNITED strA OFFICE.

FRANCIS H. CALLAI-IAN, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIG-NOR OF ONE-HALFTO JAMES P. CLYNE, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 21, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS H. GALLA- HAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toys; and Ido hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the numerals of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which saiddrawings constitute part of this specification, and represent, in

Figure l a side view of a toy constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 a broken transverse sectional view of the same. F ig.3 an enlarged view of a portion of the wheel, axle and yoke showing themanner in which the elastic band engages with the axle and yoke. v

This invention relates to an improvement in toys, and particularly tothat class in which a body is provided with a roller and means to turnthe roller so as to propel the body, the object of the invention being asimple device in which an ordinary rubber band is employed as the motivepower; and the invention consists in the construction hereinafterdescribed and particularly recited in the claim.

The body 2 may be of any preferred design, herein represented as that ofa mouse. lVithin the body is a chamber 3 and in the side walls of thechamber and opening through the bottom of the body are slots 4preferably arranged in line at an angle from the perpendicular. Theroller 5 is adapted to turn within the chamber and is loosely mounted onan axle 6 which extends into the slots 4:. On this axle is a yoke 7 therear end 8 of which is attached to the rear end of the body, and whenattached to the body holds the wheel in position. Before the wheel andaxle are inserted into the body one end of an elastic band 9 is placedover the axle outside the yoke and the band passed over the periphery ofthe wheel and over the other end of the axle outside the other arm ofthe yoke and so that when the wheel is in the body the ends of theelastic band will stand betweenthe body and the yoke. If the wheel isturned the ends of the rubber band will be wound about the axle as theends of the band are held by being looped over the ends of the yoke.Then if the toy is placed on the floor the band will turn the wheel in areverse direction and propel the body. If the rubber band breaks it isonly necessary to detach the yoke from the body and remove the wheel andattach another rubber band, these bands being the ordinary rubber bandsused in holding paper and other articles. If desired the wheel may beprovided with a notch 10 in its periphery through which the rubber bandsmay extend, although this is unnecessary as the band will grip theperiphery of the wheel su'fliciently to hold its place.

I claim In a toy, the combination with a body having a chamber, slots inthe side Walls of said chamber, a roller, an axle on which the rollermay turn, said axle adapted to be entered into said slots, a yoke onsaid axle, means for attaching the end of the yoke to the body, and anelastic band the opposite ends of which are looped over the axle onopposite sides of the wheel between the walls of the chamber and thearms of the yoke.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

FRANCIS H. CALLAHAN.

Witnesses:

Fannnnro C. EARLE, CLIFFORD J. REED.

